Spouted utensil



Aug. 3 1926.

w. E. SPINDLER srou'mn UTENSIL Fina July 26, 1922 BY M WM', ATTORNEYS. l

Patented Aug. 3, i925.

Urrea STATES WALTER EDWARD SPINDLER, 0F MANLITOWOG, WISCONSIN. Y

SPOUTED UTENSIL.

Application filedy July 2,6, 19,22. `Serial No. 577,569.

This invention relates to improvements in spouted utensils and methods for forming and attaching spouts. y

It is the object of this invention to provide novel and simplified means for attaching a spout or lip to a utensil, such as a coffee or tea pot, vwhereby a liquid-tight joint between the spout and the body of the pot is more readily made than has hitherto been possible, and at the same time the marring of `the pot is avoided. Such utensils are ordinarily polished prior to the attachment of the spout and where the spout is secured in place by such methods as have hitherto been known, it has generally been necessary to reiinish those portions of the utensil adj acent the spout Which had been marred by the attachment thereof.

It is a. further important object of this invention to cut down the cost of manufacture of articles of this kind by eliminating as far ,as possible the manual labor which has hitherto been necessary in the assembly of utensils and their spouts. l

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a vertical section taken centrally through a port-ion of a utensil and-a spout attached thereto by the method and means hereinafter to be disclosed. o

Fig. 2 is a section through the spout taken at right angles to the viewy shown in Fig. 1 and Ashowing the portion of the utensil in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the spout prior to its attachment to the utensil.

Fig. Ll is a perspective view of a novel form of rivet, the use of which is conteinplated in connection with this invention.

VLike parts are identied by the same reference characters throughout Athe several views. 1 Y

lThe utensil is represented at 5 and it will be understood that the utensil may be of any desired size or shape and adapted for any purpose or use. As illustrated, the utensil comprises a cylindrically curved surface such as is ordinarily found in a coffee or tea pot.

The spout 6 is preferably constructed as shown in Fig. 3, and in reality constitutes a complete and separate utensil in itself. It is provided with an interior wall 7 adapted to t closely against the utensil 5 and to conform thereto in shape. Thus, the wall `7 is preferably made concave in the present instance in order to conform to the convex exterior surface of utensil. Integral with One piece, but it will be understood that it may be assembled from two or more pieces, if desired. `It is ,only essential that it be provided with a rearv wall 7 .or a suliicient portion thereof `to form a setting for the rivet hereinafter to be described.

An aperture ll of Vfairly large size` is formed in the rear wall 7 of the spout, preferably in the lower portions thereof, .as shown in Fig. ,3. In order to out the costof manufacture to a minimum, it is preferred that this .opening shall be round, butit will be obvious -that openings of other shapes may be used in cases whereit is eX- pedient'to make the shape ,of the opening conform to the kshape of the spout. A.

second opening 12, similar in size and,

shape to the opening 11, is made the utensil 5 Vand is so positioned therein that with the spout LG in the desired yposition upon the utensil, the openings 11 and 12'lwill register.V

For securing the 4spout to the utensil, I

use a special rivet 13 provided Vwith a body portion A.lll conforming in sifze and shape to openings 11 and 12. ln the .present instance, the body portion is made cylindrical and its exterior diameter is equal to the diameter ofthe circular openings 11 and l2 in the utensil and `the spout, respectively. A flange l5 vupon the rivet is radially disposed at one extremity of the cylindrical body portion 'lll and is ,adapted to `,contact with the margins of spout 6 adjacent to the opening 11 therein. The end of the cylin drical body portion lll opposite to the flange 15 is closed by a foraminous head 16 which -is preferably integral with the remainder VThe' portion 18 of the vbodyla forms an annular fold contacting With the inner surface of the utensil Wall and cooperating with the rivet flange 115 to retain the spout 6 i and utensil 5 in permanent association. The head 16 of therivet is'disposedclose to the utensil Wall and is Well adapted to function as a, strainer. Y i

It ivillbe noted that'the manufacture of spouted utensils, according to the invention herein disclosed `is greatly simplified. The utensil itselfis formed as lieretofore,'but the spout, instead of having only walls 8 and 9,' can be made ina single operation to con stitute a complete utensil nfitself, 'ha-ving ivalls'enclosing it on all sides with the exception of its open top. It is important that there-ar 'Wall 7 of the spout conform to the eXt'e fior surface of the utensil as previously claimed..l The registering openings 11 and 12 in vthe spout and utensil prepare them for their subsequent association by rivet 13.

The rivet is separately formed and can' readily be made complete from one piece of aiiyductile metal, such as aluminum, in av single operation-` V*The fact that the head 16 is rendered foraminous prior to the insertion of the rivet into the utensil greatly facilitates the manufacture of this device because it would be difficult to make the openings 17 after the rivet had been' compressed intov place :Ls-shown in Fig. l.

The device is completed by the insertion of` rivet 13 either through the spout* 6 to be clampedinplace as shown in Fig. 1. or through the utensil, in Which case, theposition of foldr 18- and flange 15 would be reversed. By this simple process, the spout is readily att-ached and inasmuch as all of the liquid passing therethrough reaches the spout through the atta-ching rivet, it is only necessary that the ljoint between the rivet flange 1 5 and the spout, alndbetiveen the rivet fold 18-and theutensil be tight toensure that there `Will be no leakage'. ".Ifhus, in practicing my invention, it Vis-not necesthe utensil.

sary that the margins 19 and 20 of the spout be brought intoy 'a liquid-tight relation to Soldering at these points, is therefore, unnecessary and neither the finish Vof the lutensil nor the finish of the spout- Willbeinjured in any Way by the attachingF process. Attention is called to the fact that dislocation of the spout relative to the utensil, about the rivet as a pivot point, is Yimpossible Lduc to the curvature ofthe utensil and the correspondingly shaped Wall 7 of the spout. The 1 conformity between these surfaces renders Vdisplacement ofthe spout impossible and the necessary conformity of the rivet itself to the curved surfaces referred to cooperates to that end. y

The process and construct-ion disclosed herein are particularly applicable to the manufacture of spouted utensils from aluminum, which Vis sufficiently ductile so that the spout and rivet'can each be` formed in one piecef Other ductile metals, such as copper, might be similarly used, and it is even'possible to use iron'where heat is employed during the shaping of the metal. Thus, it is thoughtthat this invention Will prove valuable, not. only in thealuminum industry, but also in the manufacture ofenameled Ware goods where similarconsiderations make it necessary to avoid the marring of the pct or the spout during Athe yattaching' process. Where `the A'sp-outed vutensil is made from enameled iron or similar material, however, itv will, of course, be desirable to use a rivet of ducti le material which may be 'compressed by the application of pressure Withoutheat in the manner heretofore discussed to 'bind the spout andv utensil together Withoutinar- WALTER' EDWARD SPINDLER.' 

